Bob Bernhardt conductor | Rick Steves narrator

In this unique special, Rick Steves – America's leading authority on European travel – plays musical tour guide and utilizes his extensive knowledge of European history and culture to help set the context for each piece. Then, the orchestra performs a selection of stirring 19th-century anthems by Romantic-era composers. The music is accompanied by a montage of evocative video images from each country.

SMITH
The Star-Spangled Banner

STRAUSS JR.
Emperor Waltzes

STRAUSS JR.
On the Beautiful Blue Danube

WAGNER
Overture to Tannhäuser

WAGNER
Prelude to Act III from Lohengrin

WAGNER
Prelude to Die Meistersinger

SMETANA
“The Moldau” from Má Vlast

VERDI
Overture to Nabucco

VERDI
“Triumphal March” from Aïda

ELGAR
Pomp and Circumstance, No. 1 

GRIEG
“Morning” from Peer Gynt

BERLIOZ
“March to the Scaffold” from Symphonie fantastique

BEETHOVEN
“Ode to Joy” from Symphony No. 9

COPLAND
Variations on a Shaker Melody

SOUSA
Stars and Stripes Forever